Home Affairs MoS Nityanand Rai stated that no current provision under the guidelines for SDRF or NDRF allows for an event to be declared a “national disaster.”

KOCHI: There is no provision to declare any calamity as ‘national disaster’, the Union government has informed Kerala government in response to its plea to declare the July 30 landslides in Wayanad that left over 400 dead,

The state government had sought assistance of Rs 900 crore from the Centre towards the relief and rehabilitation of people affected by the tragedy, which killed over 200 people.

The Union government has officially stated that the Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslide in Wayanad, Kerala, cannot be declared a national disaster. Nityanand Rai, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs,

The central government has informed the Kerala government that the landslides and flash floods in Wayanad in July cannot be declared a "national disaster." Despite over 200 deaths and widespread destruction,

The Ministry of State for Home Affairs has informed KV Thomas, Kerala's Special Representative, that the Wayanad landslides cannot be declared a national disaster.